Miners Press First Demands Before Washington Hearings
The United Mine Workers international executive committee met in Columbus after the convention adjourned. President Lewis said the miners will present the same wage and workday demands to the President's commission in Washington, including a sixty percent wage increase and a six hour day, and seek reinstatement for miners kept from work under Wilson agreement.
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Columbus
International Executive Committee
The
United Mine Workers of America
International
Washington
Lewis
Commission
Alabama
Wilson
Earthquake Devastates Mexican Towns Killing Thousands
Dispatches from Vera Cruz report Saltillo La Favia Ocotlepa Manzanillo Plata Chicota and Quimixtlan wiped out by Saturday’s quake. Jalapa suffers 80 percent ruin while Vera Cruz officials mobilize relief and rebuilding efforts. Estimated dead 3,000 and 3,000 more injured or in need of medical care. Property damage likely in the millions.
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Mexico City
Mex
Vera Cruz
Saltillo
la Favia
Ocotlepa
Manzanillo
Plata
Chicota
Quimixtlan
Jalapa
Aguilar
Mexico City Earthquake Toll Rises Amid Floods Fires
The disaster left an estimated three thousand dead, concentrated in Vera Cruz near Jalapa, with hundreds more in Puebla. La Frange village reportedly destroyed. relief trains face bandit threats as martial law is declared. A new tremor near Mount Orizaba lasted four minutes but was not severe.
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Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Jalapa
Puebla
el Democreta
la Frange
National Observatory
Mount Orizaba
American envoy cites Tampico killings in Mexico City talks
George Summerlin, the American charge d affaires, presented formal representations to the Mexican foreign office regarding recent murders of American citizens in the Tampico district. He was told at the foreign office that the military commander in that area is conducting an investigation.
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Mexico City
George Summerlein
Foreign Office
Tampico
Four Men to Face Murder Charge in Wood Alcohol Poisoning
Hartford officials say Jacob Bronerwine Saul Joseph Frank Rose and Nathan Salsb will be tried in the lower court on murder charges tied to wood alcohol poisonings. Defense counsel pressed for bail but Judge Pallotto remanded them to jail without bail as the case is continued for one week.
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Hartford
Conn
Creedon
Jacob Bronerwine
Saul Joseph
Frank Rose
Nathan Salsb
Pallotto
Proescutor Creedon
Reds Sign Sallee Rath and Lee for 1920
President Herrmann announced that Harry Sallee pitcher Morris Rath second baseman and Chas Lee utility outfielder signed contracts to play with the world champions in 1920 in Cincinnati Ohio.
Ohio Supreme Court hears challenge to Ake law on teaching German
In Columbus on January 8 attorneys for Emil Pohl and H H Bohning of Garfield Heights, Cuyahoga County, urged the Ohio Supreme Court to rule the Ake law illegal forbidding German in elementary school instruction. Both defendants were convicted.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Emil Pohl
H. H. Bohning
Garfield Heights
Cuyahoga County
Coolville Hosts Big Odd Fellows Degree Night
The Athens lodge crack degree team conferred the first to third degrees on twelve candidates in Coolville. Over thirty Athens lads attended and planned a return visit. Attendees included Odd Fellows from Athens county plus delegates from Zanesville Hamilton Michigan and West Virginia. Grand lodge officers District Deputy Fred Laughlin and Representative Jess White attended. A. B. White led the Coolville lodge crowd and the transportation committee was praised for guiding the visitors.
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Coolville
Odd Fellows
Athens Lodge
Athens
Athens County
Zanesville
Hamilton
Michigan
West Virginia
Grand Lodge
Fred Laughlin
Stewart
Jess White
A. B. White
Seward
Four Hundred Million Urges Small College Drive
A nationwide effort to raise 400 million dollars for small colleges will launch in spring. Robert Kelley, executive secretary of the Association of American Colleges, says funds will be allotted as one million dollars to 400 colleges for faculty salaries equipment and endowments over five years. Backed by John D. Rockefeller Cornelius H. Patton and Chas. R. Watson the fund is part of a ten billion dollar drive tied to the interchurch world movement and not for sectarian propaganda.
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Chicago
Robert Kelley
Association of American Colleges
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius H. Patton
Chas. R. Watson
Interchurch World Movement
Prominent New York Union Leaders Weigh Work Stoppage
In New York on January 8 trade union leaders consider a work stoppage in protest of the New York legislature’s suspension of five socialistic members. Abraham Beckerman notes the likely course as the fight continues and he sits on the investigative committee.
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New York
Abraham Beckerman
Beckerman
Double Header At The Gym Friday Evening
The Ohio Capital basketball game starts at 7:30 PM with two high school girls teams playing from 6:30 to about 7. The event marks their first public appearance and should draw a crowd. The varsity squad of about a dozen players has trained four weeks since football season ended.
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Ohio Capital
University
Peace talks open as Britain Italy France depart for Paris
British and Italian officials leave London for Paris to resume peace discussions with French representatives. Leaders Lloyd George Curzon Bonar Law Birkenhead Balfour Montague Riddell join Italian Premier Nitti and Foreign Minister Scialoja and French Premier Clemenceau for talks focusing on Russia and Turkey first.
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London
Paris
Russia
Turkey
Lloyd George
Earl Curzon
Kedlestone
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Lord Birkenhead
A. J. Balfour
E. S. Montague
India
Lord Riddell
Nitti
Scialoia
Italy
Clemenceau
France
Red and Black Start on First Foreign Trip
Coach Mackie takes his basketball team on its first away trip at noon. Athens faces Chillicothe and Stivers High of Dayton, both strong opponents. Captain Collins is injured and out. Wise returns to play in one or both games as the team seeks two tough battles.
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Mackie
Chillicothe
Athens
Stivers Hi
Dayton
Collins
Wise
Agreement Reached in Italian Squabble
London reports Premier Lloyd George and Premier Nitti have reached a settlement on Fiume. The accord will be sent to Premier Clemenceau for approval when allied leaders meet him in Paris today.
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London
Lloyd George
Nitti
Fiume
Clemenceau
Paris
Ohio State alumni seek $689000 to raise faculty pay
Alumni of Ohio State University report sixty resignations this year due to low salaries and crowding. They urge the legislature to appropriate 689000 to raise pay across ranks from full professors to instructors and to hire 112 additional teachers to ease congestion.
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Columbus, O
Ohio State University
Ohio State
Treaty ratification drives Democratic stance at national convention
Democratic delegates from the Middle West and South say the nation desires the peace treaty with strong enthusiasm even amid reservations. Ohio figures report treaty psychology driving public mood as the convention and Jackson Dinner signal a push for speedy ratification and normalized business conditions.
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L. C. Martin
United
Washington
Middle West
Sam Amidon
Wichita
Kansas
Charney Higgins
St. Louis
Senate
Charles Morris
Ohio
Cox
Morris
Forecaster says flood danger unlikely in Pittsburgh thaw
In Pittsburgh on January 8 the weather forecaster stated that a thaw and lack of snow in outlying areas reduce flood risk, easing fears of a rising river stage despite a rash of thaw conditions.
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Pittsburgh
Packers to Present Views on Palmer Dissolution Plan
Washington reports lawmakers will hear Packers representatives explain the Palmer dissolution arrangement and argue for further regulatory legislation. Chicago concerns likely to file statements and a few witnesses expected to testify before the Senate Agriculture Committee.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Chicago
Soviet ambassador Martens in hiding in Washington
Washington officials said Ludwig C. A. K. Martens known as soviet ambassador is in hiding in the capital. George Lambe head of the bureau expressed confidence Martens would be captured and returned to New York after a deportation arrest warrant was issued Friday night and announced yesterday.
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New York
United Press
Ludwig C. A. K. Martens
Washington
Department of Justice
George Lambe
Martens
Marten
Girl's Take Pay Hearing in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio on January 8 the committee led by Chairman Miller heard testimony on raising stenographer pay in state service. About two dozen advocates from the Industrial Commission testified they need higher wages, while legislators debated funding sources. The smoking room in the Senate chamber drew a crowded female audience as the push to boost pay progressed.
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Columbus
Miller
Senate Chamber
Railroads face huge task through car shortage
National Coal Association traffic manager notes car shortage in mining districts and credits Railroad Administration plans with relief. He states the scale is vast, cars moved far from home rails require time to return, and ongoing efforts aim to restore normal car flows during winter despite strike-disrupted equipment.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
National Coal Association
Former Ohio Man Is Picked for High Honor
Rev. David Kerr and Miss Mary report their son Ensign A C Kerr has been invited to join Admiral Bristol's staff on European naval forces a promotion that reflects his ability and faithful service. Kerr may stay in London where the U S Shipping Board has advanced him. He was Ohio University YMCA general secretary and class president in 1916 known as Pup Kerr for his popularity.
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NEW Matamoras. O
David Kerr
Mary
Alexander
Admiral Bristol
A. C. Kerr
Ensign Kerr
London
U.S. Shipping Board
Ohio University
Kerr
Rail lines Washington January 1919 loss on government show
Government finances for November 1919 show railroads operating at a loss of about 60 million dollars with net profit of 29.24 million after expenses. Revenue totaled 438.84 million while November 1918 saw 440.92 million. coal strike curbed service and a government guarantee of 378 dollars per mile is included in the figures.
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Washington, Jan
Interstate Commerce Commissions
Bolshevik Forces Claim Taganrog Capture and Loot
Moscow says Red cavalry took Taganrog on the Gulf of Taganrog and captured 400 prisoners. Reported booty includes British artillery tanks armored trains and munition stores. Soviets say forces reached coastal areas east and west of Mariupol and near Novocherkassk as they advance.
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London
Taganrog
Gulf
Moscow
Don Basin
Mariupol
Copenhagen
Maxim Litivinoff
Deniken
Novocherkassk
Don Cossacks
Gulf of Taganrog
Litvinoff
Labor experts to wave power over England
In Cleveland Langdon Davies of a British labor group predicted the UK government would be in labor hands within five years. He argued British parties have fused to defend a capitalist civilization and outlined a four point labor program including a national minimum, democracy, reform of taxation on inheritances, and distributing industrial surplus to the people.
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England
Cleveland, CO
Great Britain
Langdon Davies
New Jersey Law Fight Opens Over Wine Sales
In Jersey City on January 8 prominent New Jersey Democrats discussed launching a campaign to uphold the state law permitting wine sales while seeking to counter efforts to weaken or repeal it. Governor Edwards of New Jersey attended or was mentioned in the day’s proceedings.
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Nor-Elect
Legislat
Jersey
New Jersey
Jersey City
N. J
Porta links Mexican quakes to planetary alignment prediction
In San Francisco on January 8 Prof Albert F Porta asserts recent Mexican earthquakes and Canary Islands shocks stem from a planetary conjunction he predicted last August. He notes this aligns with the fabled end of world forecast once tied to his name.
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San Francisco
Cal
Mexico
Albert F. Porta
Porta
Canary Islands
League of Planets
Hungarian peace delegation seeks economic clause changes
The Hungarian peace delegation in Paris will push for modifications to the economic clauses of the peace treaty, seek an allied loan, and may present next week at the Quai d’Orsay. The 66 delegates are housed at Madrid Chateau Boulogne Wood with unusual freedoms and communication privileges.
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Paris
Quai D’orsay
Madrid
Boulogne Wood
Neuilly
Budapest
New One Man Farm Tractor Controlled by Ropes
A novel one man farm tractor allows full control of the implement by ropes from any point on the device or by walking on the ground at a distance. This setup enables a single operator to maneuver the tractor with rope guidance wherever needed.
Police cancel proposed Leonard Dundee world title bout
New Haven Conn January 8 Chief of Police Phillip Smith says he revoked the permit for the January 16 lightweight championship bout, issuing the permit as an exhibition. Newspapers call it a prize fight, which would violate state law, he explains.
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New Haven
Conn
Phillip Smith Tocer
Leonard Dundee
Smith
Hancock vs Nelsonville called off. Hancock to play Chilli cothe Saturday
The Nelsonville team canceled the game tonight against John Hancock Hi. Hancock will host Chilli cothe on Saturday evening.
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John Hancock Hi
Nelsonville
Hancock
Chillicothe
Democratic National Committee backs Wilson on treaty ratification
The Democratic national committee passed a unanimous resolution pledging party support for President Wilson in the peace treaty ratification. It denounces anti ratification senators as unworthy and capable of bringing worldwide contempt.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Wilson
Democratic National Committee
Death at Athens Mentioned in Socialist Box Note
The Call, a socialist newspaper, ran a black bordered box on its front page noting Died at Athens January 1 1920 representative government. The item refers to the suspension of five socialist members by New York Assembly and comments on representative government.
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New York
New York Assembly
Call
Athens
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John Callahan
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